I think one reason I tend to prefer travelling alone is the freedom that comes with being totally independent and being able to just go with the flow. You can make decisions on the fly without having to consult someone else, or feel like you’re being insensitive because you want to...
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The main issue I think this park has is how not easy it is to get to. This should be resolved soon with the road to Bonny currently under construction. In the meantime, there are three options for most people trying to get to Bonny. If you know somebody that knows somebody that knows a highly...
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Referred to by most as the largest fishing port in West Africa, Oyorokoto is located on Nigeria’s coast by the Atlantic Ocean. Although the indigenous people in the area are Andonis, like most fishing ports, you will find people from different riverine ethnic nationalities in Nigeria and also from...
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I had heard great and some not so great things about this place before visiting, but I somehow chose to forget the not so great things; and yea, forgetting came back to bite me. Amarachi (of Travel with a Pen) had told me in the past that DSLR “professional” cameras were not allowed. After making...
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You know that thing when Nigerian artisans tell you “yes I can do it” to any question you ask them? Me: can you make this my Datsun look and drive like a Porsche? Nigerian artisan: of course na, na small thing; just pay first. I was in Douala and decided to go back to Limbe and get a closer look...
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Kwa waterfall is in Akampka. The problem with the previous statement is that the Akampka most people know is on the Calabar – Ikom Road. You can’t get to the fall using that road – very annoying if you’ve been trying to find this place for months like me. It’s like...
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Every story before I got here said the waterfall was in Ikom or close. “When you get to Ikom just take a bike.” Great! So I told the friend acting as a guide we should just get a bike. Dude looked up to the clouds and said “rain dey up”, “let’s take a cab...
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Visiting Opobo and seeing the statue and palace of Jaja made me want to see Nana’s equivalent. Besides having similar sounding names and having town’s synonymous with them, they were both sent into exile by the British. Nana was the only one of many sent into exile by the British to come back home...
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I had read about the floating market in Ogheye, somewhere around Koko and was very eager to see it for myself. I was shocked that I didn’t even know it existed. I probably did a bad job of explaining which market it was I wanted to visit though because I ended up in the market in Koko and...
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One of my new year’s resolution is new places, new sights, new sounds. So hopefully this will be the last post showing somewhere I’ve already visited. This was my second trip to Opobo. My previous visit was also to watch the boat regatta held on the 31st of December. Both times...
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Ngwo pine forest (more like trees) and cave is about 20 minutes from the centre of Enugu which makes me wonder why I waited until now to visit. We got a cab from town that took us through the old Ngwo road up to the pine forest. For some reason, our driver decided to be our guide down the valley...
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Have you heard the story of three thieves who tried to steal from a house through a window at night? The first thief brings his hand out of the window, he refuses to say what exactly his loot is but says that it is glorious. The second thief puts his hand through the window and suffers cuts from a...
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